Re: [ccp4bb]: MIR-test case

["Gerard \"DVD\" Kleywegt" <gerard@xray.bmc.uu.se>]

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> Hello X'tallographers,
>      Before trying to reinvent the wheel, I thought I should take advantage 
> of the vast experience that is available on this bulletin board. We wish to 
> have a simple test case for MIR technique, for the benefit of new students 
> in our lab. As for any good test-case scenario, we are looking for:
> i)  a protein that is commercially available,
> ii)  easily crystallizable and
> iii)  well established protocol for heavy atom derivatives should be available

lysozyme (HEWL) - described in chapter 1 of jan drenth's book
'principles of protein crystallography'

--dvd

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                        Gerard J.  Kleywegt
    [Research Fellow of the Royal  Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Dept. of Cell & Molecular Biology  University of Uppsala
                Biomedical Centre  Box 596
                SE-751 24 Uppsala  SWEDEN

    http://xray.bmc.uu.se/gerard/  mailto:gerard@xray.bmc.uu.se
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